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In Gaza: "An Israeli attempt to hit Palestinian militants who had fired rockets at Israel went horribly wrong on Tuesday, with mortar shells killing three youths playing soccer and a 60-year-old grandfather leaving his house," reports the NYT.

RIP Actors: Hollywood's Elizabeth Taylor, Seattle's Mark Chamberlain. (The latter appeared in shows at Taproot and ACT, the former was the world's most beautiful woman who grew into the world's first celebrity AIDS activist.)

Finally, happy anniversary to Cher, who soared to the top of the pop charts on this day in 1974, with her fourth #1 hit, "Dark Lady." Here's footage of the lady performing the riotously vulgar song herself. Below is an even better cartoon version from The Sonny & Cher Show. (I can't honestly say it's superior, but this film is exactly as good as The King's Speech.)

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